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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Birthday: 1987-06-15 | Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (born July 15, 1986) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying David Kane/Black Manta in the DC Extended Universe superhero film Aquaman (2018), Bobby Seale in the Netflix historical legal drama Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) and Cal Abar in the HBO limited series Watchmen (2019). For the latter, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. After starring in the Netflix musical drama series The Get Down (2016–2017), Abdul-Mateen appeared in numerous films, including Baywatch (2017), The Greatest Showman (2017), and Us (2019). Description above from the Wikipedia article Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

as    Black Manta

2022
Ambulance

as    Will Sharp

2021
Candyman

as    Anthony McCoy

2021
The Matrix Resurrections

as    Morpheus / Agent Smith

2020
The Trial of the Chicago 7

as    Bobby Seale

2019
Watchmen

as    Cal Abar

2019
Sweetness in the Belly

as    Dr. Aziz Abdul Nasser

2019
Us

as    Russell Thomas / Weyland

2018
First Match

as    Darrel

2018
Aquaman

as    David Kane / Black Manta

2018
2018
Boundaries

as    Serge

2017
Baywatch

as    Sgt. Ellerbee

2017
The Greatest Showman

as    W. D. Wheeler

2016
The Get Down

as    Clarence 'Cadillac' Caldwell